2018 Men's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 1–9 December 2018 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
Runner-up ![]() | ![]() |
Third place ![]() | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 507 (10.56 per match) |
Attendance | 181,518 (3,782 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) | ![]() |
MVP | ![]() |
The 2018 Men's World Floorball Championships were the 12th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Prague, Czech Republic, from 1 to 9 December 2018.
WFC 2018 Qualification
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33 teams have registered for the 12th IFF Men’s World Floorball Championships, only 16 of them to reach the final group consisted of 16 teams. Host country, Czech Republic, qualifies automatically.
In Europe, there were four qualification groups with three event locations – Tallinn (Estonia), Nitra (Slovakia) and Valmiera (Latvia). The Asia-Oceania group tournament took place in Jeju Island, South Korea. It was the first IFF event hosted by Korea. USA and Canada played their qualification in Toronto, Canada.[1]
Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
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Host nation | 1 | ![]() | ||
Asia-Oceania Qualification | 22–27 January 2018 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
European Qualification 1 | 31 January – 4 February 2018 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
European Qualification 2 | 31 January – 4 February 2018 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
European Qualification 3 | 30 January – 3 February 2018 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() ![]() |
European Qualification 4 | 31 January – 4 February 2018 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() ![]() |
Americas Qualification | 10–11 February 2018 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Total | 16 |
Venues
[edit]O2 arena | Arena Sparta – Podvinny mlyn | |
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Capacity: 17 000
The main competition arena. |
Capacity: 1 300
The second competition arena and practice arena. | |
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Address: Českomoravská 2345/17, 190 93 Praha 9
Opened since: 2004 Distance to City Center: cca 10 km[2] |
Address: Kovanecká 2405/27, 190 00 Praha 9
Opened since: 2008 Distance to City Center: cca 10 km[2] |
Tournament groups
[edit]After the group ballot, 16 teams are divided into 4 groups. In the group stage each team plays each other once, while the second stage of the event includes play-offs and placement matches.
The two best teams of group A and B go directly to the quarter-final. Teams placed 3rd and 4th in group A and B and the teams placed 1st and 2nd in group C and D make it to the first playoff round (played before the quarter-finals).[3]
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Results
[edit]All times are local (UTC+1).
Preliminary round
[edit]Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 4 | Quarterfinals | — | 6–4 | 10–5 | 3–4 | |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 4 | 4–6 | — | 13–1 | 7–3 | ||
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 2 | Play-off round | 5–10 | 1–13 | — | 5–4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 2 | 4–3 | 3–7 | 4–5 | — |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5 | +34 | 6 | Quarterfinals | — | 5–4 | 9–1 | 25–0 | |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 4 | 4–5 | — | 9–1 | 7–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 2 | Play-off round | 1–9 | 1–9 | — | 9–3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 41 | −37 | 0 | 0–25 | 1–7 | 3–9 | — |
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | +24 | 6 | Play-off round | — | 11–5 | 4–3 | 11–4 | |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 4 | 5–11 | — | 4–2 | 4–3 | ||
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 13th–16th place playoff | 3–4 | 2–4 | — | 5–2 | |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 0 | 4–11 | 3–4 | 2–5 | — |
Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6 | +39 | 6 | Play-off round | — | 12–3 | 18–2 | 15–1 | |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 3 | 3–12 | — | 4–4 | 14–2 | ||
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 3 | 13th–16th place playoff | 2–18 | 4–4 | — | 9–5 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 38 | −30 | 0 | 1–15 | 2–14 | 5–9 | — |
Knock-out stage
[edit]Play-off 5 December | Quarterfinals 6–7 December | Semifinals 8 December | Final 9 December | ||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 1 | ![]() | 5 (P) | Third place | |||||||||||||||
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![]() | 3 (OT) | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 10 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() | 4 | ||||||||||||||
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Play-off
[edit]5 December 2018 10:00 | Latvia ![]() | 6–1 (2–1, 0–0, 4–0) | ![]() | O2 Arena Attendance: 7,069 |
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Jānis Salcevičs | Goalies | Rastislav Mazák | Referees:![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 December 2018 12:45 | Denmark ![]() | 3–2 (1–0, 0–1, 2–1) | ![]() | O2 Arena Attendance: 4,013 |
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Mike Trolle | Goalies | Daniel Vaigur | Referees:![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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7 min | Penalties | 0 min | |||||||||||||||
5 December 2018 15:30 | Norway ![]() | 10–0 (3–0, 4–0, 3–0) | ![]() | Arena Sparta Attendance: 365 |
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Andreas Falkeid | Goalies | Eythan Yeoh | Referees:![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 December 2018 18:30 | Germany ![]() | 7–2 (2–1, 3–1, 2–0) | ![]() | Arena Sparta Attendance: 282 |
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Nils Hallerstede | Goalies | Taylor Shipp | Referees:![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
[edit]6 December 2018 16:30 | Switzerland ![]() | 3–2 OT (1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0) | ![]() | O2 Arena Attendance: 3,977 |
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Pascal Meier | Goalies | Markus Jelsnes | Referees:![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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0 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||||||||
6 December 2018 19:30 | Czech Republic ![]() | 10–1 (3–1, 4–0, 3–0) | ![]() | O2 Arena Attendance: 5,073 |
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Lukáš Souček | Goalies | Mike Trolle | Referees:![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 December 2018 15:10 | Sweden ![]() | 14–1 (7–0, 5–1, 2–0) | ![]() | O2 Arena Attendance: 3,871 |
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Måns Parsjö-Tegner | Goalies | Jānis Salcevičs Ivars Dišereits | Referees:![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7 December 2018 18:00 | Finland ![]() | 6–1 (2–0, 2–1, 2–0) | ![]() | O2 Arena Attendance: 3,772 |
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Lassi Toriseva | Goalies | Mike Dietz | Referees:![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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0 min | Penalties | 0 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
Semifinals
[edit]8 December 2018 16:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 2–7 (0–1, 0–2, 2–4) | ![]() | O2 Arena Attendance: 12,811 |
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Lukáš Souček | Goalies | Eero Kosonen | Referees:![]() ![]() | |
2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
8 December 2018 19:00 | Sweden ![]() | 5–4 PS (1–1, 2–1, 1–2, 0–0, 1–0) | ![]() | O2 Arena Attendance: 10,267 |
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Johan Rehn | Goalies | Pascal Meier | Referees:![]() ![]() | |
2 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
Bronze medal game
[edit]9 December 2018 13:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 2–4 (1–2, 1–1, 0–1) | ![]() | O2 Arena Attendance: 16,112 |
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Lukáš Souček | Goalies | Pascal Meier | Referees:![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
Final
[edit]9 December 2018 16:00 | Finland ![]() | 6–3 (1–0, 1–1, 4–2) | ![]() | O2 Arena Attendance: 16,276 |
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Eero Kosonen | Goalies | Johan Rehn | Referees:![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Placement matches
[edit]5th place bracket
[edit]5–8th place semifinals | 5th place | |||||
8 December – O2 Arena | ||||||
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9 December – O2 Arena | ||||||
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8 December – Arena Sparta | ||||||
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7th place | ||||||
9 December – Arena Sparta | ||||||
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5–8th place semifinals
[edit]8 December 2018 11:00 | Latvia ![]() | 6–5 (PS) (1–2, 1–1, 3–2, 0–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Arena Sparta Attendance: 575 |
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Jānis Salcevičs | Goalies | Andreas Falkeid | Referees:![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 December 2018 13:00 | Denmark ![]() | 2–4 (1–0, 0–2, 1–2) | ![]() | O2 Arena Attendance: 3893 |
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Mike Trolle | Goalies | Mike Dietz | Referees:![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
5th place match
[edit]9 December 2018 10:00 | Germany ![]() | 3–5 (0–2, 2–2, 1–1) | ![]() | O2 Arena |
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2 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
7th place match
[edit]9 December 2018 10:00 | Denmark ![]() | 5–9 (1–4, 3–3, 1–2) | ![]() | Arena Sparta |
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Mike Trolle | Goalies | Andreas Falkeid | Referees: 0 2 | |
9th place bracket
[edit]Matches 9th–11th | 9th place | |||||
6 December – Arena Sparta | ||||||
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7 December – Arena Sparta | ||||||
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6 December – Arena Sparta | ||||||
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11th place | ||||||
7 December – Arena Sparta | ||||||
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13th place bracket
[edit]Matches 13th–16th | 13th place | |||||
6 December – Arena Sparta | ||||||
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7 December – Arena Sparta | ||||||
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6 December – Arena Sparta | ||||||
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15th place | ||||||
7 December – Arena Sparta | ||||||
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Ranking and statistics
[edit]Final ranking
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The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:
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All-star team
[edit]Tournament all-star team:[4]
- Best goalkeeper:
Pascal Meier
- Best defenders:
Emil Johansson,
Robin Nilsberth
- Best center:
Joonas Pylsy
- Best forwards:
Adam Delong,
Kim Nilsson
- Most valuable player:
Pascal Meier[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Men's WFC 2018 Qualifications". IFF. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ a b "Arenas". IFF. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ "Tournament Format". IFF. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ "WFC 2018 All Star Team – 09.12.2018". WFC2018. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
- ^ "Pascal Meier is the MVP of WFC 2018 – 09.12.2018". WFC2018. Retrieved 2018-12-09.